Friday, November 1, 2013

I created a form out of aluminum foil. The children tried to apply the tissue but it would not adhere to the aluminum foil. So I covered the form completely with masking tape and off they went. I guided them and they guided me during difficult parts.I cut out wings from cardboard at their request and they covered the wings with tissue paper. They came up with the color scheme, the idea about his legs and feet. (which were very cool!)

Totally a team effort!

They came up with the ideas and I helped execute them.

The children were not completely satisfied with the little guy and asked if I would make him a hat like the pirate.

We took a recycled Clorox bottle and the children covered it with peach tissue paper.

They wanted him to have ears to put earrings in.

So they covered the cardboard ears with the same tissue paper.

They added a felt eye patch and a googly eye. The wig was donated by Miss Debbie and the bandana was found by one of the children in Mrs. Wishy-washy ensemble (she also wears it on her head).

They made the nose by stuffing tissue paper in a latex finger and found the yarn in art center. They asked me to add the mustache and beard. I think they were going for a Jack Sparrow look, but I was amazed at all the different pirates they knew about. Wow!

They wanted to add scars, gold and rotten teeth, a ring in his nose. They wanted him to have a hat with skull and bones. The hat was constructed out of aluminum foil and covered with black duct tape. The red scarf was my idea so we could cover up his jug neck. They had so many ideas we could have kept going. Oh yes! Another cool idea was to add a hook for his hand (Captain Hook). One of the children thought a peat pot planter covered in black duct tape would be good for part of his hook hand. Such amazing ideas...wow! Pretty impressive!

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Quotes

"Tell me and I forget. Show me and I remember. Involve me and I understand."Chinese Proverb

Look! Look! Look deep into nature and you will understand everything. Albert Einstein

Wisdom begins in wonder. Socrates

Now I see the secret of the making of the best persons. It is to grow in the open air, and to eat and sleep with the earth. Walt Whitman

Must we always teach our children with books? Let them look at the stars and the mountains above. Let them look at the waters and the trees and flowers on Earth. Then they will begin to think, and to think is the beginning of a real education. David Polis

Every child is born a naturalist. His eyes are, by nature, open to the glories of the stars, the beauty of the flowers, and the mystery of life. R. Search

The whole secret of the study of nature lies in learning how to use one's eyes... George Sand

One should pay attention to even the smallest crawling creature for these too may have a valuable lesson to teach us. Black Elk